Thanks for mentioning obnam, which I have not known so far. Seems to have some very nice features even though I would be interested in how it internally works (what kind of deltas are used, how efficient is the transmission (comparable to rsync?)).
Maybe I will give it a shot :-) Nicolas Jungers <nico...@jungers.net> schrieb: >Hi Sorvath, > >I use rdiff-backup with TB sized data stores, some churning 10's of GB >a >day (I haven't so far experienced any problem), but if I had to shop >for >a new backup system I'd investigate obnam. Which I'll probably do >anyway. > >Regards, >Nicolas > >On 06/08/2012 10:02 PM, shorvath wrote: >> Hi and thanks for the replies. >> >> Florian, you mention you use rdiff-backup (for max 20G) and rsync for >larger. >> Is it not recommended to use rdiff-backup on large backups? Mine are >several Tb's with possible gb's daily increments. >> Would it be recommend to stick to rsync? >> How about backuppc? >> What are your thoughts/comments/suggestions regarding that? >> >> I backup several servers to a local backup server (daily,weekly, >monthly) and then sync that offsite. >> Currently each local backup is checksummed, xfered offsite and >checksummed again. >> We have a set of scripts that rsyncs, rotates, reports and checksums >but unfortunately they are very inefficient and are just not up to the >job. >> I have the choice of rewriting them from scratch or use something >that's already been written (rsnapshot, rdiff-backup, backuppc) >> All are much more efficient than anything I could come up with so why >reinvent the wheel? >> I just need to decide on one that does, at the very least, what we're >currently doing (albeit not very well) >> >> As for ram errors...All our servers have ecc ram. >> For bit errors... I'm VERY tempted to take the plunge into the zfs on >linux project but despite the many good reports on stability, as this >is a production service, I'm nervous. >> >> >+---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> |This was sent by mem...@thehorvaths.co.uk via Backup Central. >> |Forward SPAM to ab...@backupcentral.com. >> >+---------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> rdiff-backup-users mailing list at rdiff-backup-users@nongnu.org >> https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users >> Wiki URL: >http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki > > >_______________________________________________ >rdiff-backup-users mailing list at rdiff-backup-users@nongnu.org >https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users >Wiki URL: >http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki -- D. Kriesel / dkriesel.com _______________________________________________ rdiff-backup-users mailing list at rdiff-backup-users@nongnu.org https://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/rdiff-backup-users Wiki URL: http://rdiff-backup.solutionsfirst.com.au/index.php/RdiffBackupWiki
